Enduro 1 @ Aston Hill: Roll call

This was pinched for another forum:"I was speaking to Carlos after the event and he confirmed round 4 will be at UKBP but will use none of the existing DH runs and all stages will have to be freshly cut."

I guess the debate will flow about stage four but, to my mind as a newbie to all this expecting the unexpected and having to deal with it is all part of the Enduro ethos.

That said I wish I hadn't put a set of DH mud tyres on! But that's all part of it right, you have to take a punt on set-up etc and sometimes it'll pay off and sometimes it won't.

Whatever the thoughts on the course can we say three cheers to all the marshals and organisers though - course marking and organisation seemed top notch and though it's easy to moan there were a lot of people gave up their time to sit in the rain and let us race.

This is what I was trying to say to our team. We knew that stage 4 was a climb. descents are great, but in an XC race, they only make up for a few secs. The climbs are a lot longer in time and therefore the most time will be made up here. Which is why an XC bike would have been far better for this "Enduro" round.

Late Autumn at UKBP? It will be awful. That place isn't much fun to race DH in the wet, let alone having to ride up each time. It would need a massive amount or work to make even a small loop. The format also needs some work if its going to be successful.

It's a shame the venue choices haven't really worked this year, apart from maybe FOD, I'd like the option of racing closer to home. Hopefully the QECP ones will take off this coming year.

I am very excited about this and I can't even race them. Round 1 will be a First for England. We will release date"S" and venue"S" Before the end of the year and none clash with UKGE (I Checked with Steve Parr)

I am very excited about this and I can't even race them. Round 1 will be a First for England. We will release date"S" and venue"S" Before the end of the year and none clash with UKGE (I Checked with Steve Parr)